Monthly Archives: August 2012

A Gorge from the “African
 Aqualithic”

    This is a “Neolithic” fish hook from the Mauritanian Sahara. A fish hook is a device for catching fish by impaling them in the mouth. They are normally attached to some form of line or lure device which … Continue reading

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I am not amused….

A short post on my own account: The content of this pages is free for everyone. BUT this does not mean that everybody can use my pictures and texts on her/his page without asking for my permission, which will rarely be … Continue reading

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The Bell Beaker phenomenon

This is a tongue dagger from a middle European Bell Beaker grave (Type IV dagger ; similar examples were found in Pavlov, Budapest and around the middle Danube). The Bell Beaker phenomenon (BBP) is a widely scattered cultural phenomenon of … Continue reading

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After the MSA: The knowledge of deadly poison during the Late Stone Age in South Africa

This is an elongated MSA-”point” from Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa.  The most important sitte for the MSA/LSA transition in this region is the Border Cave, situated  about 400 m from the border of Swaziland. The cave’s mouth opens … Continue reading

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Molecular Archaeology at its best

This is an ilustration of Mucari from Leonhart Fuchs: Das Kräuterbuch von 1543. In wild plants, the secondary compounds, not directly involved in plant physiology, are considered as resulting from the selective pressure exerted by microbes and phytophagous invertebrates and … Continue reading

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